𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬- 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧

S1 E1

Chapter 1
The Vanishing Of Will Byers
November 7th 1983

I had gotten up early in the morning to begin getting ready for school, I saw my father passed out of the couch with half his work uniform still on, the television on, surrounded by beer cans and cigarettes. I tried to shake him awake but he was deep asleep. So I went on getting ready for school. I waited until it was 20 minutes till i'd be late, so I finally shook him enough until he finally woke up. "I need you to drive me to school." I stated while his eyes were still half closed. "I- yeah, yeah give me a few minutes." He groaned while pushing himself off the couch, he quickly took a swig of his beer and grabbed a cigarette and lighter before making his way outside. "Don't you think it's a little early to be having beer?" I asked, "It's 5 o'clock somewhere."  He chuckled to himself. "That's funny until you lose your job. I'm serious you need to stop with the day drinking." I wasn't joking anymore. "Yeah, yeah." He said with a cigarette between his lips while he was trying to light it. With his other hand he dug through his pockets and threw the keys at me, "You're driving today." He said, "But-" I tried to negotiate.  "You need to start, go start the truck i'll be out in 5." He said while walking into the house.

I had pulled into the parking lot at school with only minutes to spare before the bell rang. I hopped out of the truck and waved to my dad goodbye as he scooted over to the driver seat and   quickly and drove off to the police station cause he was clearly late as per usual.

"Celia." A girls voice yelled from afar, it was Ro, my best friend. "Ro." I smiled as I walked up to her at the entrance of the school. "Let's go, my god you take forever." Ro laughed. We walked in the door as Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington stumbled out the girls bathroom together. "Gross." Ro laughed, "I can't believe Steve is going for that stuck up priss." Ro added. "He's going through his rounds again, not shocked." I replied. The bell rang and I quickly threw my stuff in my locker and made my way to English.

When I walked through door late I saw it coming for my teachers catty comment. "Mrs Hopper... late again, if you continue this-" She said but I cut her off, "If I continue this you'll have to call a parent or guardian blah blah.. blah." I laughed in reply. "You really think her dads gonna care if she's late? Yeah right, she learns it from him." Ro replied. "Romani, don't make me call your parents too." Mrs Wilson said. "Pft like Ms Simons would care." I mumbled to Ro as we took our seats.

The bell rang, and as I walked out of class I saw my dad walking down the hallway with the principal. I walked a bit faster down the hallway, "Dad?" I said, "Why are you here?" I asked. "Duty calls, missing kid." he mumbled. I turned around to walk away, "What was that about?" Ro asked, "Missing kid." I replied. "In Hawkins? No way." Ro said. Right." I said weirded out.

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When school had finally ended, I caught a ride with Ro because my dad was busy with a missing kid. When I got home I laid down on my bed and was going to nap, until I heard my dads truck pulling in. "Hey, uh Celia? You home?" He yelled, "Yeah just got back." I said while walking out of my bedroom, "I won't be home tonight, we're sending out a search party for Byers." He said, "It's that bad?" I replied, and then I finally took in the sentence, "Wait.. like Will? Will Byers?" I asked. "Yes, and so i'm asking you to stay home and no silly shenanigans trying to play hero." He said. "You mean like Jonathan Byers brother?" I asked again still in shock. "Yes the only Will Byers in this small town." He huffed. "I want to help, i'll invite Ro." I said, "No, just stay home there will be enough volunteers already." He stated, "If you go you'll be grounded for a month." He added and with that he was out the door.

I watched as he pulled out of the driveway quickly and my eyes immediately landed on the bike on the back of his truck. A kids bike.

I went over to the house phone quickly and called Ro, "Hey.. hey Ms Simons is Romani there?" I asked Ro's mom, she said yes and called Ro to the phone. "Celia hey?" Ro said, "This missing kid, it's Jonathan Byers little brother." I told her, "Like Will Byers?" Ro asked. "Yes. My dad just came by and had a bike on the back of his truck. Those bikes are like gold to them, he'd never leave them behind." I told her. "So this is actually serious?" Ro asked. "Yes. Very. They're sending out a search party." I added. "Then we should go." Ro stated, "That's what I told my dad but he said no, he told me id be grounded for a month." I sighed. "Bullshit." Ro laughed, "Language Romani!" I heard her mother yell.
"I'll see you tomorrow at school. We can talk about it more later." I said, "Yeah, yeah okay see you then." Ro replied. "Yeah see you then."
Then I hung up the phone.

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Yayyyy the first chapter is done :)
I'll try to be regular on uploading new chapters but i'm super busy right now :)